Thesaurus results for DELINEATION

delineation

noun

di-ˌli-nē-ˈā-shən

Definition of delineation

as in sketch

a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene his simple but striking delineations of Dutch landscapes

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as in description

a vivid representation in words of someone or something a finely wrought delineation of a young couple's first experience with love and loss

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Recent Examples of delineation What's needed is a clear delineation of roles between digital and human agents. — Sanjoy Sarkar, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026 The board approved the plan, but also is seeking a more detailed delineation of the affordable housing elements. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 There are, in fact, two major sub-genres that divide sci-fi — hard sci-fi and speculative (or soft) sci-fi — and most of the time, the delineation between the two is pretty clear. — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2026 On top of that, Brewer and Brooks have the opportunity to get the security of a multi-year contract ahead of turning 30 years old, which is often the line of delineation for a NFL career. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for delineation

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Noun

The garment’s design was based on old sketches and thumbnail images from a documentary.

— Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Now, each artist has to read a prompt, sketch it, and surrender the sketch to Kaylin, who has 10 seconds to describe it to the performer, via what seems like a terrible, hard-to-hear phone connection.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026

Definition of sketch

Noun

That self-deprecating description opens Tony, writer-director Matt Johnson’s movie about the one crazy summer that changed a thoughtless young lout’s life; for good measure, the quote does double duty as the tagline on the film’s poster.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
The resulting tab lists all exposed data from the site, along with a description of how it was exposed.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of description

Noun

In another conversation, Marcee Gray brought up an online drawing showing Colt alongside the Columbine shooters and Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz in the style of a Weezer album cover.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The Nazca Lines, enormous drawings and ⁠geometric figures etched into desert plains in the south of the country, are one of Peru’s main tourist destinations, attracting approximately 100,000 annual visitors.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of drawing

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The heartwarming family portrait captures a moment of togetherness before an important new chapter for the eldest, who is set to begin boarding school at Eton College this fall.

— Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
His new cinematic experience, for example, turns romantic ideas of the summer on their head to paint a contemporary portrait of longing for connection steeped in resignation.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Definition of portrait

Noun

The design includes an image of the President alongside the text of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a Freedom 250 gold flag and a depiction of the Founding Fathers gathering to sign the Declaration of Independence.

— Chantelle Lee, Time, 31 July 2026
The series’ blend of soapy melodramatics and rough-and-tumble underworld menace will be familiar to anybody who has watched Power, but Power and its spinoffs have always been confident in their only-for-adults depictions of adults-only situations.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Definition of depiction

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The crossover sparked a broader reappraisal of his portrayal and recast the three Spider-Man series as complementary chapters in a larger story rather than competing franchises.

— David Deal, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
On redirect, prosecutors challenged the defense’s portrayal by focusing on Clancy’s medication history.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of portrayal

Noun

In this photo illustration, the logo of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is displayed on a smartphone in front of abstract background on computer screen.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
There is no better illustration of speechlessness being deployed as a weapon, forcing the loquacious, as if at gunpoint, to fill the void with words.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of illustration

Noun

New images circulating online appear to show what defense analysts believe is the fifth prototype of China’s sixth-generation J-36 fighter jet, according to a report.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
The island now houses the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, where visitors can search digital images of ship manifests for the immigration records of their relatives.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026

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